Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 hello and welcome jenny sorry, not sure what is available up in the Great White North, brand wise. tomato sauce for pasta is easy tho! no need to buy it pre-made! as for pizza, well, what sort of tomatoes do you like? in general, a tomato sauce is placed on the pizza, and if you like more, i'd add a plum or roma tomato. these work better on a piza, as they aren't as "juicy". you dont want a soggy pizza! cheers fraggle Lee Dec 22, 2008 3:11 PM New Vegan Hi everybody! I'm Jenny, 26, Canadian, and I'm a new vegan (was a vegetarian for two years, quit, then just now decided to go straight vegan. Mercy! Ah! For the animals though.)I'm glad to be here. I'm not somebody who likes gourmet food, I'm just looking for ideas for basic things to eat for the time being, until I learn to like my vegetables more. I'm eating things like PB and J and veggie sandwiches, and have plans to hunt down some vegan pasta sauce for pasta.I can't have a lot of the organic vegan soups or soy meat products because I'm allergic to onion and for some reason onion is always contained in these items. I can eat the schneiders nuggets even though they have onion powder, which is good, cause they taste good. :3 But I had an allergic reaction to an organic tomato soup I bought and later found out it was because the soup used an onion broth base.Why do you need ONION in a tomato soup?Anyways, I want to learn to cook my own soups and make my own foods so I can avoid the onion problem, but since I've really never cooked much from scratch before, I'm basically learning all this from scratch.Hoping to try to make my first vegan pizza. That'll be interesting. What kind of tomatoes work best in vegan pizza? I know you might think the big slices, but I was thinking more of cubing up some smaller ones . What do you think?Once again, glad to be here. "Will we ever get to the point that we realize that we will be more secure when the rest of the world isn't living in poverty just so we can have nice running shoes?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Hi, Jenny, Where in Canada do you live? I've gotten great vegan food in Vancouver and in Toronto, but that's like saying I can find it in New York and Chicago, isn't it? ;-) If you live in a small town, that isn't much help. What an inconvenient allergy! But here's an idea for a quick vegan meal. Can you get canned refried beans where you are? Slather some on a tortilla, put some canned chiles on it, roll it up, and zap it in the microwave. Burritos are tasty and you can get them on the table in a hurry. Cheers, Trish Lee wrote: > > Hi everybody! I'm Jenny, 26, Canadian, and I'm a new vegan (was a > vegetarian for two years, quit, then just now decided to go straight > vegan. Mercy! Ah! For the animals though.) > > I'm glad to be here. I'm not somebody who likes gourmet food, I'm just > looking for ideas for basic things to eat for the time being, until I > learn to like my vegetables more. I'm eating things like PB and J and > veggie sandwiches, and have plans to hunt down some vegan pasta sauce > for pasta. > > I can't have a lot of the organic vegan soups or soy meat products > because I'm allergic to onion and for some reason onion is always > contained in these items. I can eat the schneiders nuggets even though > they have onion powder, which is good, cause they taste good. :3 But I > had an allergic reaction to an organic tomato soup I bought and later > found out it was because the soup used an onion broth base. > > Why do you need ONION in a tomato soup? > > Anyways, I want to learn to cook my own soups and make my own foods so > I can avoid the onion problem, but since I've really never cooked much > from scratch before, I'm basically learning all this from scratch. > > Hoping to try to make my first vegan pizza. That'll be interesting. > What kind of tomatoes work best in vegan pizza? I know you might think > the big slices, but I was thinking more of cubing up some smaller ones > . What do you think? > > Once again, glad to be here. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Welcome Jenny! Congrats on being a new vegan. It's always awesome to hear that! I'm still a fairly new vegan myself compared to many folks and I just keep searching recipes and trying new things. Before I knew it my trusty cookbook is filled with loose pages of handwritten recipes I've made! As for tomatoes on pizza, I love Romas. They're nice and firm and won't make your pizza soggy like fraggle mentioned. If you have any questions or need some recipes, just ask! Glad to have you. Debra , " Lee " <urbandryad wrote: > > Hi everybody! I'm Jenny, 26, Canadian, and I'm a new vegan (was a > vegetarian for two years, quit, then just now decided to go straight > vegan. Mercy! Ah! For the animals though.) > > I'm glad to be here. I'm not somebody who likes gourmet food, I'm just > looking for ideas for basic things to eat for the time being, until I > learn to like my vegetables more. I'm eating things like PB and J and > veggie sandwiches, and have plans to hunt down some vegan pasta sauce > for pasta. > > I can't have a lot of the organic vegan soups or soy meat products > because I'm allergic to onion and for some reason onion is always > contained in these items. I can eat the schneiders nuggets even though > they have onion powder, which is good, cause they taste good. :3 But I > had an allergic reaction to an organic tomato soup I bought and later > found out it was because the soup used an onion broth base. > > Why do you need ONION in a tomato soup? > > Anyways, I want to learn to cook my own soups and make my own foods so > I can avoid the onion problem, but since I've really never cooked much > from scratch before, I'm basically learning all this from scratch. > > Hoping to try to make my first vegan pizza. That'll be interesting. > What kind of tomatoes work best in vegan pizza? I know you might think > the big slices, but I was thinking more of cubing up some smaller ones > . What do you think? > > Once again, glad to be here. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 At 11:11 PM +0000 12/22/08, Lee wrote: >I'm glad to be here. I'm not somebody who likes gourmet food, I'm just >looking for ideas for basic things to eat for the time being, until I >learn to like my vegetables more. I'm eating things like PB and J and >veggie sandwiches, and have plans to hunt down some vegan pasta sauce >for pasta. Tomato sauce is easy! For many years I didn't own a car, so when I bought food I minimized the weight I had to carry on my back or my bicycle by buying tomato paste in those little cans and then making my own sauce. Can you eat garlic? You can buy a jar of " pizza spices " or " italian seasoning " ( or just oregano or marjoram) to add to the tomato paste along with some water for an instant tomato sauce. If you have more time, you can also get your vegetables -- chop up celery (including the leaves), grate a bunch of carrots, maybe chop up some parsnips (adds a sweet flavor) and simmer for 10 or 15 minutes. You can add some grated winter squash, too. I'd use basically the same sauce for pasta and pizza. (I guess you could add canned tomatoes, but I never liked them, and the only fresh tomatoes I eat are the ones I grow myself.) For pizza, you can experiment with different vegetable toppings. Oh, and tomato sauce is not the only topping for pasta. I also love peanut sauce on occasion. My hand blender (also called immersion blender or stick blender) is invaluable for making things like this. I use a tablespoon or so of peanut butter, enough water to cover it in a narrow container plus a half inch more, some garlic, a whole bunch of grated ginger, and some dried red pepper flakes, and blend. Hummus (chickpea spread) is also easy -- a can of garbanzo beans (drained), a tablespoon or so of tahini (sesame paste/butter), lemon juice from half a lemon, a few cloves of garlic. Blend and eat. You could make variations on this recipe with other beans (white, pinto, kidney, black), in case all the refried beans are made with onions. Basically, open the can, drain the beans, and add a couple things -- grated carrots with black beans, say, or chili powder with kidney beans. Pinto beans are good with cumin. White beans are good with green flavors, such as italian seasoning. I love most winter squash baked with nothing added. But occasionally I get a baked squash that tastes bland, so I make soup. One time I added a pear and some vanilla soymilk to the baked squash to make a wonderful soup. Another time, thinking of pumpkin pie flavors, I added a few cups of soymilk, a few teaspoons of cinnamon, maybe one teaspoon of nutmeg, and a teaspoon or two of vanilla, and blended. It made a really wonderful and spicy soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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